Talk:Hips Don't Lie

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Contents 1 Fly me to the Moon 2 Music and structure 3 ARIA digital track peak 4 Terrible World Cup song 5 Can't hit the note 6 first number one 7 External links 8 Cleanup needed 9 25th most popular 10 Las Caderas no Mienten 11 Canadian chart 12 Charts reaching number one 13 Jerry Rivera plagiarism issue?

[edit] Fly me to the Moon

This song uses the same chord sequence as 'Fly me to the moon'. Worth mentioning, and possibly wondering whether they paid anyone for what might amount to copyright infringement?

[edit] Music and structure

As one would see if they visited the We Belong Together article, I believe that Hips Don't Lie requires a section documenting its musical structure. I am aware that it is not the simplest task to complete, but because this song has received incredible radio airplay and music-video rotation, its success should be summarized into one section; this includes the music and not just the chart performance, though both are definitely important. Would anybody like to partake in the commission? Help is appreciated! —Eternal Equinox | talk 23:57, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ARIA digital track peak

It peaked at #10 on the Australian Digital Track Chart.

Don't you mean #1? ARIA Digital ChartsHips Don't Lie: HP (High Position) #1. - EmeZxX 07:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Terrible World Cup song

How can I inform FIFA that this song is terrible?

First, that doesnt come to be discussed here. Second, the song is great for the world cup, in his Bamboo version. I was on the states for the final game (im from colombia, by the way) and it was so damm great listening Colombia present at such event. Anyway, that doesnt matter

Nope the song sucks,little kids made it famous.

[edit] Can't hit the note

When I try to sing along I can't follow Shakira's voice. What note is that, or progression of notes or whatever. - Peregrinefisher 06:43, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Which note can't you reach? -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 20:33, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

How about you don't sing it...

[edit] first number one

I've changed the statement that this was their first number one in the UK and the US- the US part is true, but Wyclef Jean had two number ones in the UK with the Fugees. -- Dandelions

But it was thier first collaborative #1.

[edit] External links

I'm about to remove the external links to the videos since they are likely to infringe the copyright of the video's producers, and we have no way of knowing if apkguy2006 at You Tube, the submitter of the video, owns the copyright.

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 18:12, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup needed

This article is swamped with excessively detailed chart, sales and airplay statistics. Too much of this is a great way of hiding genuinely relevant information, which is exactly what's happening here. Extraordinary Machine 16:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 25th most popular

Today's 25th most popular article is "Hips Don't Lie"; 5000 people have accessed the page today.[1] -- Zanimum 15:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Las Caderas no Mienten

She recorded a Spanish version for this song, including a music video. Not to mention she's performed the Spanish version at events. Nobody has mentioned it. --Speakslowly 05:13, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian chart

What is with the obsession of the person who signs in with different accounts and IP addresses and removes just the Canadian chart information? Seems like a strange thing to be preoccupied with... is it someone who is anti-Shakira? or anti-Canadian? or anti-Canadian music charts? or anti-Shakira-having-a-hit-song-in-Canada? Never leaves an edit summary either. It's tedious. - eo 04:12, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm assuming it's because Canada was the only English-speaking country where the song failed to reach number one; it peaked at number two there. Velten 21:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charts reaching number one

Could we maybe add a table of charts where it reached number one, and say for how many weeks? As it was more than one week for many, it seems to me that it would be quite useful. Something like

Chart	Weeks at #1
Chart here	some number

- ^Рэд_хот^{(t • c • e)} 17:04, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jerry Rivera plagiarism issue?

I included two references to the sampling of Jerry Rivera's "Amores Como El Nuestro"... however, those two references I sourced point to a plagiarism issue with Shakira possibly not asking permission to use the sample. Can someone find more information on that? Could that be used within the song as a sub-section dealing with the issue? --PaladinHero1 18:49, 7 March 2007 (UTC)